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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich none 1991 Soviet politician and administrator, and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovich
Avigdor Lieberman Avigdor Lieberman 1958 n/a Soviet politician serving as Minister of Finance since 2021, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor_Lieberman
Genrikh Yagoda Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda 1891 1938 Soviet secret police official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's security and intelligence agency, from 1934 to 1936 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrikh_Yagoda
Ilya Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg none 1967 Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ehrenburg
Milana Vayntrub Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub 1987 n/a Soviet actress, comedian, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milana_Vayntrub
Naftaly Frenkel Naftaly Aronovich Frenkel 1883 1960 Soviet security officer and member of the Soviet secret police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftaly_Frenkel
Joseph Bernstein Joseph Bernstein 1945 n/a Soviet mathematician working at Tel Aviv University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bernstein
Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein 1948 n/a Soviet film director and film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein
Matvei Berman Matvei Davidovich Berman 1898 1939 Soviet security officer and head of the Gulag Soviet prison camp system from 1932 to 1937 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvei_Berman
Vasily Grossman Vasily Semyonovich Grossman null null Soviet writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman
Lazar Kogan Lazar Iosifovich Kogan 1889 1939 Soviet secret police (Cheka, OGPU, NKVD) high-ranking functionary, chief of the Gulag (1930–1932) and deputy chief of the Gulag (1932–1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kogan
Mikhail Tal Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal 1936 1992 Soviet chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tal
Solomon Mikhoels Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels none 1948 Soviet Jewish actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Mikhoels
Igor Fruman Igor Fruman 1966 n/a Soviet businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Fruman
Lev Landau Lev Davidovich Landau 1908 1968 Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau
Mendel Khatayevich Mendel Markovich Khatayevich 1893 1937 Soviet politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendel_Khatayevich
Polina Zhemchuzhina Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina 1897 1970 Soviet politician and the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Zhemchuzhina
Lev Vygotsky Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky none 1934 Soviet psychologist, known for his work on psychological development in children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky
Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik none 1995 Soviet chess grandmaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik
Yegor Gaidar Yegor Timurovich Gaidar 1956 2009 Soviet economist, politician, and author, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Russia from 15 June 1992 to 14 December 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yegor_Gaidar
David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh none 1974 Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oistrakh
Isaak Zelensky Isaak Abramovich Zelensky 1890 1938 Soviet politician, Communist Party official, and a victim of the Great Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Zelensky
David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein 1924 2006 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bronstein
Leonid Kantorovich Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich 1912 1986 Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kantorovich
Wassily Leontief Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief 1905 1999 Soviet economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Leontief
Israel Gelfand Israel Moiseevich Gelfand none 2009 Soviet prominent mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Gelfand
Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov none 1954 Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziga_Vertov
Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky 1938 1980 Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky
Semyon Dimanstein Semyon (Shimen) Markovich Dimanshtein 1886 1938 Soviet state official, publisher, and leading theorist of national issues in the USSR, and one of the founders of the Soviet Oriental studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Dimanstein
Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi 1931 2016 Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Korchnoi
Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov 1930 2019 Soviet physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhores_Alferov
Anna Smashnova Anna Smashnova 1976 n/a Soviet former tennis player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Smashnova
Semyon Krivoshein Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein 1899 1978 Soviet tank commander, who played a vital part in the World War II reform of the Red Army tank forces and in the momentous clash between German tanks in the Battle of Kursk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Krivoshein
Mikhail Lashevich Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich 1884 1928 Soviet military and party leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lashevich
Igor Tamm Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm 1895 1971 Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, for their 1934 discovery of Cherenkov radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Tamm
Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand 1968 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gelfand
Lev Mekhlis Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis 1889 1953 Soviet politician and a prominent officer in the Red Army from 1937 to 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Mekhlis
Joseph Kobzon Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon 1937 2018 Soviet singer, known for his crooner style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kobzon
Boris Moiseev Boris Mikhailovich Moiseev 1954 n/a Soviet singer, choreographer, dancer, writer, actor, head of dance group and author of popular shows in Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Moiseev
Emil Gilels Emil Grigoryevich Gilels 1916 1985 Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Gilels
Boris Levin Boris Yakovlevich Levin 1906 1993 Soviet mathematician who made significant contributions to function theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Levin
Mischa Maisky Mischa Maisky 1948 n/a Soviet cellist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Maisky
Lev Kopelev Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev 1912 1997 Soviet author and dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Kopelev
Gary Shteyngart Gary Shteyngart 1972 n/a Soviet writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Shteyngart
Leopold Averbakh Leopold Leonidovich Averbakh 1903 1937 Soviet literary critic who was he head of the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers (RAPP) in the 1920s, and the most prominent member of a group of communist literary critics who argued that the Bolshevik revolution, carried out in 1917 in the name of Russia's industrial working class, should be followed by a cultural revolution in which 'bourgeois' literature would be supplanted by literature written by and for the proletariat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Averbakh
Alexander Luria Alexander Romanovich Luria 1902 1977 Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as a father of modern neuropsychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Luria
Lev Weinstein Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein 1916 2004 Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Weinstein
Vladimir Arnold Vladimir Igorevich Arnold 1937 2010 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arnold
Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya 1925 2015 Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Plisetskaya
Lev Polugaevsky Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky 1934 1995 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Polugaevsky
Ilya Frank Ilya Mikhailovich Frank 1908 1990 Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Frank
Efim Geller Efim Petrovich Geller 1925 1998 Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_Geller
Boris Gulko Boris Franzevich Gulko 1947 n/a Soviet Grandmaster in chess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gulko
Boris Yefimov Boris Yefimovich Yefimov none 2008 Soviet political cartoonist best known for his critical political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and was the chief illustrator of the newspaper Izvestia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yefimov
Mikhail Koltsov Mikhail Efimovich Koltsov none 1940 Soviet Journalist, revolutionary and a NKVD Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Koltsov
Yuri Norstein PAR Yuri Borisovich Norstein 1941 n/a Soviet animator best known for his animated shorts Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Norstein
Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov 1927 2015 Soviet film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrated throughout the Soviet former Union and former Warsaw Pact countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Ryazanov
Sergei Dovlatov Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov-Mechik 1941 1990 Soviet journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Dovlatov
Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff 1978 n/a Soviet professional ballroom dancer of Ukrainian origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina_Smirnoff
Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev none 1973 Soviet theatre and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Kozintsev
Kira Muratova Kira Georgievna Muratova 1934 2018 Soviet Kira Muratova: The Zoological Imperium // award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian/Jewish descent, known for her unusual directorial style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kira_Muratova
Elena Kats-Chernin Elena Kats-Chernin 1957 n/a Soviet pianist and composer, best known for her ballet Wild Swans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Kats-Chernin
Maria Yudina Maria Veniaminovna Yudina 1899 1970 Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Yudina
Moisei Ginzburg Moisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg none 1946 Soviet constructivist architect, best known for his 1929 Narkomfin Building in Moscow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisei_Ginzburg
Leonid Stein Leonid Zakharovich Stein 1934 1973 Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Stein
Grigori Voitinsky Grigori Naumovich Voitinsky 1893 1953 Soviet Comintern official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Voitinsky
Lera Auerbach Lera Auerbach 1973 n/a Soviet classical composer and concert pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lera_Auerbach
Mikhail Romm Mikhail Ilyich Romm none 1971 Soviet filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Romm
Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich 1904 1985 Soviet film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Yutkevich
Solomon Levit Solomon Grigorievich Levit 1894 1938 Soviet physician, and human geneticist who was executed during the Stalinist purges along with other geneticists who opposed Trofim Lysenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Levit
Boris Iofan Boris Mihailovich Iofan 1891 1976 Soviet Jewish architect, known for his Stalinist architecture buildings like 1931 House on the Embankment and the 1931–1933 winning draft of the Palace of Soviets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Iofan
Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunaevskiy 1955 n/a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Dunayevsky
Yevgeny Khaldei Yevgeny Ananyevich Khaldei none 1997 Soviet Red Army naval officer and photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Khaldei
Jacobo Timerman Jacobo Timerman 1923 1999 Soviet publisher, journalist, and author, who is most noted for his confronting and reporting the atrocities of the Argentine military regime's Dirty War during a period of widespread repression in which an estimated 30,000 political prisoners were disappeared https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_Timerman
Andrei Mironov (actor) Andrei Aleksandrovich Mironov 1941 1987 Soviet stage and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most Soviet popular films, such as The Diamond Arm, Beware of the Car and Twelve Chairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Mironov_(actor)
Itzik Feffer Itzik Feffer 1900 1952 Soviet Yiddish poet executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets during Joseph Stalin's purges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzik_Feffer
Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Semyon Mayevich Bychkov 1952 n/a Soviet conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Bychkov_(conductor)
Nikolai Kapustin Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin 1937 2020 Soviet composer and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Kapustin
Leonid Levin Leonid Anatolievich Levin 1948 n/a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Levin
Yakov Yakovlev Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev 1896 1938 Soviet politician and statesman who played a central role in the forced collectivisation of agriculture in the 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Yakovlev
Yefim Bronfman Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman 1958 n/a Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Bronfman
Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky 1919 1977 Soviet chess player and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Boleslavsky
Arseny Roginsky Arseny Borisovich Roginsky 1946 2017 Soviet dissident and Russian historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arseny_Roginsky
Matvei Petrovich Bronstein Matvei Petrovich Bronstein none 1938 Soviet theoretical physicist, a pioneer of quantum gravity, author of works in astrophysics, semiconductors, quantum electrodynamics and cosmology, as well as of a number of books in popular science for children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvei_Petrovich_Bronstein
Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov 1929 1998 Soviet actor, theatre and film director, screenwriter, educator at High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, poet and song writer, as well as a politician and a banker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolan_Bykov
Nahum Eitingon Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon 1899 1981 Soviet intelligence officer, who gained prominence through his involvement in several NKVD operations, including the assassination of Leon Trotsky, the orchestration of partisan movements during World War II, and atomic espionage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Eitingon
Ilya Ilf Ilya Ilf, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb Arnoldovich Faynzilberg none 1937 Soviet popular journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeni Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ilf
Mikhail Gurevich (chess player) Mikhail Gurevich 1959 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gurevich_(chess_player)
Lev Razgon Lev Emmanuilovich Razgon 1908 1999 Soviet journalist, a prisoner of the Gulag from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1950 to 1955, a Russian writer and, latterly, a human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Razgon
Evgeni Krasnopolski Evgeni Krasnopolski 1988 n/a Soviet Ukrainian-born Israeli pair skater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeni_Krasnopolski
Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Borisovich Barshai 1924 2010 Soviet conductor and violist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Barshai
Boris Feldman Boris Mironovich Feldman 1890 1937 Soviet military commander and politician of Jewish ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Feldman
Anatoly Rybakov Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov none 1998 Soviet writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat tetralogy, the novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk and Bronze Bird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Rybakov
Gavriil Ilizarov Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov 1921 1992 Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavriil_Ilizarov
Nadezhda Joffe Nadezhda Adolfovna Joffe 1906 1999 Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Joffe
Tatiana Samoilova Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova 1934 2014 Soviet film actress best known for her lead role in The Cranes Are Flying (1957) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Samoilova
Mikhail Kaganovich Mikhail Moiseyevich Kaganovich 1888 1941 Soviet politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kaganovich
Grigory Levenfish Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish none 1961 Soviet chess player who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Levenfish
Yulian Semyonov Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov 1931 1993 Soviet writer of spy fiction and detective fiction, also scriptwriter and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulian_Semyonov
Marcel Rosenberg Marcel Izrailevich Rosenberg 1896 1938 Soviet diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Rosenberg
Simcha Zorin Shalom (Simcha) Zorin 1902 1974 Soviet Jewish partisan commander in Minsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Zorin
Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky none 1939 Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Brodsky
Naum Akhiezer Naum Ilyich Akhiezer 1901 1980 Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his works in approximation theory and the theory of differential and integral operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Akhiezer
Tamara Press Tamara Natanovna Press 1937 2021 Soviet athlete who dominated the shot put and discus throw in the early 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Press
Vasily Aksyonov Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov 1932 2009 Soviet novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Aksyonov
Georgy Adelson-Velsky Georgy Maximovich Adelson-Velsky 1922 2014 Soviet mathematician and computer scientist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Adelson-Velsky
Anatoly Lein Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein 1931 2018 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Lein
Yelena Shushunova Yelena Lvovna Shushunova 1969 2018 Soviet gymnast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Shushunova
Valentin Gaft Valentin Iosifovich Gaft 1935 2020 Soviet actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Gaft
Fyodor Khitruk Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk 1917 2012 Soviet animator and animation director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Khitruk
Boris Volynov Boris Valentinovich Volynov 1934 n/a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Volynov
Isaak Illich Rubin Isaak Illich Rubin 1886 n/a Soviet Marxian economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Illich_Rubin
Faina Melnik Faina Grigorievna Melnik null null Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faina_Melnik
Alexander Kazhdan Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan 1922 1997 Soviet Byzantinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kazhdan
Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits none 1995 Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Kheifits
Alexander Kronrod Aleksandr (Alexander) Semenovich Kronrod 1921 1986 Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kronrod
Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman 1930 2005 Soviet classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Berman
Igor Oistrakh Igor Davidovich Oistrakh 1931 2021 Soviet violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Oistrakh
Lina Stern Lina Solomonovna Stern 1878 1968 Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II. She is best known for her pioneering work on the blood–brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 1921 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Stern
Albert Schwarz Albert Solomonovich Schwarz 1934 n/a Soviet mathematician and a theoretical physicist educated in the Soviet Union and now a professor at the University of California, Davis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schwarz
Boris Hessen Boris Mikhailovich Hessen 1893 1936 Soviet physicist, philosopher and historian of science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Hessen
Boris Vannikov Boris Lvovich Vannikov 1897 1962 Soviet government official and three-star general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Vannikov
Lev Artsimovich Lev Andreyevich Artsimovich 1909 1973 Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1953), member of the Presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (since 1957), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1969) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Artsimovich
Walter Krivitsky Walter Germanovich Krivitsky 1899 1941 Soviet intelligence officer who revealed plans of signing the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact after he defected to the West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Krivitsky
Mark Bernes Mark Naumovich Bernes none 1969 Soviet actor and singer of Jewish ancestry (his father's last name was Neumann),Mark Bernes' biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bernes
David Kazhdan David Kazhdan null null Soviet mathematician known for work in representation theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kazhdan
Eugen Varga Eugen Samuilovich "Jenő" Varga 1879 1964 Soviet economist of Hungarian origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Varga
Alexander Galich (writer) Alexander Arkadievich Galich 1918 1977 Soviet poet, screenwriter, playwright, singer-songwriter, and dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Galich_(writer)
Yuli Raizman Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman 1903 1994 Soviet film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuli_Raizman
Grigory Baklanov Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov 1923 2009 Soviet writer, well known for his novels about World War II, and as the editor of the literary magazine Znamya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Baklanov
Veniamin Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich Kaverin null null Soviet writer associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veniamin_Kaverin
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya 1921 2001 Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gorokhovskaya
Alexander Goldenweiser (composer) Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 1961 n/a Soviet pianist, teacher and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Goldenweiser_(composer)
Eugene Dynkin Eugene Borisovich Dynkin 1924 2014 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Dynkin
Andrey Makarevich Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich PAR 1953 n/a Soviet rock musician and the founder of Russia's oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Makarevich
Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili 1944 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili
Yury Tynyanov Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov 1894 1943 Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Tynyanov
Vladimir Shainsky Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky 1925 2017 Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shainsky
Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer) Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich none 1976 Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gurevich_(aircraft_designer)
Aleksandr Zarkhi Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi 1908 1997 Soviet film director, screenwriter, and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Zarkhi
Arkady Raikin Arkady Isaakovich Raikin none 1987 Soviet stand-up comedian, theater and film actor, and stage director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Raikin
Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta 1933 n/a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mitta
Arkady Ostrovsky Arkady (Avraam) Il'ich Ostrovsky 1914 1967 Soviet composer of light music, the author of the song May There Always Be Sunshine and other Soviet songs of the 1960s, including the lullaby of Good Night, Little Ones, the children's TV program aired for more than 50 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Ostrovsky
Anatol Zhabotinsky Anatol Markovich Zhabotinsky 1938 2008 Soviet biophysicist who created a theory of the chemical clock known as Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in the 1960s and published a comprehensive body of experimental data on chemical wave propagation and pattern formation in nonuniform media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Zhabotinsky
Bella Davidovich Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich 1928 n/a Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Davidovich
Dmitry Sitkovetsky Dmitry Yulianovich Sitkovetsky 1954 n/a Soviet born classical violinist, conductor and arranger, most notably of an arrangement for strings of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Sitkovetsky
Semyon Furman Semyon Abramovich Furman 1920 1978 Soviet chess player and trainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Furman
Iosif Shklovsky Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky 1916 1985 Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Shklovsky
Yefim Kopelyan Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan 1912 1975 Soviet actor of theater and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leningrad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Kopelyan
Gregory Kaidanov Gregory Kaidanov 1959 n/a Soviet chess grandmaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Kaidanov
Zinovy Gerdt Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt null null Soviet actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovy_Gerdt
Tatiana Lysenko Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko 1975 n/a Soviet former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Lysenko
Eduard Gufeld Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld 1936 2002 Soviet International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Gufeld
Mark Donskoy Mark Semyonovich Donskoy none 1981 Soviet film director, screenwriter, and studio administrative head https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Donskoy
Alexander Kaidanovsky Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky 1946 1995 Soviet actor and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kaidanovsky
Kitty Harris Kitty Harris none 1966 Soviet secret agent and "long-time special courier of the OGPU-NKVD foreign intelligence during the 1930s and 1940s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Harris
Vadim Knizhnik Vadim Genrikhovich Knizhnik 1962 1987 Soviet physicist of Russian Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Knizhnik
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro 1929 2009 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Piatetski-Shapiro
Samuil Samosud Samuil Abramovich Samosud 1964 n/a Soviet conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuil_Samosud
Semyon Semyonov Semyon Markovich Semyonov 1911 1986 Soviet intelligence agent, best known for handling convicted Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Semyonov
Yevgeny Tarle Yevgeny Viktorovich Tarle none 1955 Soviet historian and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Tarle
Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz none 1958 Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Schwartz
Alexander Gelfond Alexander Osipovich Gelfond 1906 1968 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gelfond
Alexander Chernin Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin 1960 n/a Soviet chess grandmaster and trainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chernin
Shoshana Kamin Shoshana Kamin 1930 n/a Soviet mathematician, working on the theory of parabolic partial differential equations and related mathematical physics problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshana_Kamin
Grigory Adamov Grigory Borisovich Adamov 1886 1945 Soviet science fiction writer, best known for his novels Conquerors of the Underground (1937), The Mystery of the Two Oceans (1939) and The Ousting of the Ruler (1946) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Adamov
Isaak Yaglom Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom 1921 1988 Soviet mathematician and author of popular mathematics books, some with his twin Akiva Yaglom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Yaglom
Elina Bystritskaya Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya 1928 2019 Soviet stage and film actress and theater pedagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elina_Bystritskaya
Yuri Larin Yuri Aleksandrovich Larin 1882 1932 Soviet economist and politician, one of the ideologists of Jewish autonomy in Crimea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Larin
Leonid Yarmolnik Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik 1954 n/a Soviet actor and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Yarmolnik
Vladislav Illich-Svitych Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych 1934 1966 Soviet linguist and accentologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Illich-Svitych
Vladimir Dekanozov Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov 1898 1953 Soviet senior state security operative and diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dekanozov
Mark Krein Mark Grigorievich Krein 1907 1989 Soviet mathematician, one of the major figures of the Soviet school of functional analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Krein
Klara Novikova Klara Borisovna Novikova null null Soviet pop artist, humorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Novikova
Vladimir Etush Vladimir Abramovich Etush 1922 2019 Soviet film and theater actor of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Etush
Isaak Pomeranchuk Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk null null Soviet theoretical physicist working in particle physics (including thermonuclear weapons), quantum field theory, electromagnetic and synchrotron radiation, condensed matter physics and the physics of liquid helium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Pomeranchuk
Roman Abelevich Kachanov Roman Abelevich Kachanov 1921 1993 Soviet animator who worked primarily in the stop-motion animation technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Abelevich_Kachanov
Mikhail Rasumny Mikhail Rasumny 1884 1956 Soviet film actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Rasumny
Gersh Budker Gersh Itskovich Budker 1918 1977 Soviet physicist, specialized in nuclear physics and accelerator physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersh_Budker
Vladimir Bron Vladimir Akimovich Bron 1909 1985 Soviet chess master and problemist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Bron
Matvey Blanter Matvey Isaakovich Blanter 1990 n/a Soviet composer, and one of the most prominent composers of popular songs and film music in the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvey_Blanter
Victor Kac Victor Gershevich (Grigorievich) Kac 1943 n/a Soviet mathematician at MIT, known for his work in representation theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Kac
Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy 1928 2017 Soviet actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Bronevoy
Aleksei Kapler Aleksei (born Lazar) Yakovlevich Kapler 1903 1979 Soviet prominent filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_Kapler
Leonid Yudasin Leonid Yudasin 1959 n/a Soviet chess player and trainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Yudasin
Oleg Kagan Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan 1946 1990 Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicians as pianist Sviatoslav Richter and cellist Natalia Gutman, his wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kagan
Semyon Belits-Geiman Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman 1945 n/a Soviet former freestyle swimmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Belits-Geiman
Leonid Mandelstam Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam 1879 1944 Soviet physicist of Belarusian-Jewish background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Mandelstam
Isaac Schwartz Isaac Iosifovich Schwartz 1923 2009 Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Schwartz
Elisabeth Leonskaja Elisabeth Leonskaja 1945 n/a Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Leonskaja
Alexander Podrabinek Alexander Pinkhosovich Podrabinek 1953 n/a Soviet dissident, journalist and commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Podrabinek
Lydia Chukovskaya Lydia Korneyevna Chukovskaya none 1996 Soviet writer, poet, editor, publicist, memoirist and dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Chukovskaya
Boris Verlinsky Boris Markovich Verlinsky 1888 1950 Soviet chess player, who was awarded the title International Master by FIDE, the world chess federation, in 1950 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Verlinsky
Valeriya Novodvorskaya Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya 1950 2014 Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriya_Novodvorskaya
Vladimir Zeldin Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin 1915 2016 Soviet theatre and film actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zeldin
Maksim Dunayevsky Maksim Isaakovich Dunayevsky 1945 n/a Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Dunayevsky
Boris Khodorov Boris Khodorov 1922 2014 Soviet physiologist, M.D., D.Sc., Professor of Physiology, and Head of the Cell Physiology section of Moscow Physiological Society (formerly the Pavlov All-USSR Society of Physiologists; ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Khodorov
Mark Midler Mark Petrovich Midler 1931 2012 Soviet foil fencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Midler
Sergei Yursky Sergei Yurievich Yursky 1935 2019 Soviet stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Yursky
Genrich Altshuller Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller 1926 1998 Soviet engineer, inventor, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrich_Altshuller
Yakov Zak Yakov Izrailevich Zak , , Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, – Moscow, 28 June 1976) null null Soviet pianist and teacher of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Zak
Mark Naimark Mark Aronovich Naimark 1909 1978 Soviet mathematician who made important contributions to functional analysis and mathematical physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Naimark
Agniya Barto Agniya Lvovna Barto none 1981 Soviet poet and children's writer of Russian Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agniya_Barto
Roman Karmen Roman Lazarevich Karmen none 1978 Soviet war camera-man and film director and one of the most influential figures in documentary film making https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Karmen
Alexander Bogomolny Alexander Bogomolny 1948 2018 Soviet American mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bogomolny
Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser 1904 1992 Soviet theater and film actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Pelttser
Yan Frenkel Yan Abramovich Frenkel 1920 1989 Soviet popular composer and performer of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Frenkel
Anatoly Efros Anatoly Vasilievich Efros 1925 1987 Soviet theatre and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Efros
Veniamin Smekhov Veniamin Borisovich Smekhov 1940 n/a Soviet actor of stage and screen, and a director of the stage, television and documentary film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veniamin_Smekhov
Daniil Shafran Daniil Borisovich Shafran 1923 1997 Soviet cellist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Shafran
Alexander Konstantinopolsky Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky 1910 1990 Soviet chess player, trainer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Konstantinopolsky
Oleg Maisenberg Oleg Maisenberg 1945 n/a Soviet pianist and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Maisenberg
Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha 1933 2012 Soviet theater and film actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Kvasha
Mikhail Schweitzer Mikhail (or Moisei/Moses) Abramovich Schweitzer 1920 2000 Soviet film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Schweitzer
Alla Kushnir Alla Shulimovna Kushnir 1941 2013 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Kushnir
Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi "Genna" Sosonko 1943 n/a Soviet chess player and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Sosonko
Samson Samsonov Samson Iosifovich Samsonov 1921 2002 Soviet film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Samsonov
Boris Galerkin Boris Grigoryevich Galerkin none 1945 Soviet mathematician and an engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Galerkin
Vladimir Veksler Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler 1907 1966 Soviet prominent experimental physicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Veksler
Alexander Piatigorsky Alexander Moiseyevich Piatigorsky 1929 2009 Soviet dissident, Russian philosopher, scholar of Indian philosophy and culture, historian, philologist, semiotician, writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Piatigorsky
Svetlana Krachevskaya Svetlana Ivanovna "Esfir" Dolzhenko-Krachevskaya 1944 n/a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Krachevskaya
Grigori Gorin Grigori Gorin , real name Grigori Israilevich Ofshtein 1940 2000 Soviet playwright and writer of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Gorin
Evsei Liberman Evsei Grigorievich Liberman 1897 1981 Soviet economist who lived in Kharkiv, Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evsei_Liberman
Mark Minkov Mark Anatolievich Minkov 1944 2012 Soviet / Russian music composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Minkov
Ida Nudel Ida Yakovlevna Nudel 1931 2021 Soviet refusenik and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Nudel
Maria Itkina Maria (also "Mariya" and "Marina") Leontievna Itkina 1932 2020 Soviet runner who set multiple world records in various sprint events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Itkina
Eduard Vinokurov Eduard Teodorovich Vinokurov 1942 2010 Soviet Olympic champion and world champion sabre fencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Vinokurov
Garri Bardin Garri Yakovlevich Bardin 1941 n/a Soviet animation director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his experimental musical and stop motion films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garri_Bardin
Ernest Vinberg Ernest Borisovich Vinberg 1937 2020 Soviet mathematician, who worked on Lie groups and algebraic groups, discrete subgroups of Lie groups, invariant theory, and representation theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Vinberg
Lev Schnirelmann Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann 1905 1938 Soviet mathematician who worked on number theory, topology and differential geometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Schnirelmann
Fridrikh Ermler Fridrikh Markovich Ermler 1898 1967 Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridrikh_Ermler
Pyotr Stolyarsky Pyotr Solomonovich Stolyarsky 1944 n/a Soviet violinist and eminent pedagogue, honored as People's Artist of UkSSR (Ukrainian SSR) (1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Stolyarsky
Lev Vlassenko Lev Nikolaevich Vlassenko 1928 1996 Soviet pianist and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vlassenko
Boris Slutsky Boris Slutsky 1919 1986 Soviet poet of the Russian language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Slutsky
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss 1940 n/a Soviet retired Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Kriss
Semyon Lavochkin Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin 1900 1960 Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Lavochkin
Boris Shumyatsky Boris Zakharovich Shumyatsky 1886 1938 Soviet politician, diplomat and the de facto executive producer for the Soviet film monopolies Soyuzkino and GUKF from 1930 to 1937 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Shumyatsky
Eduard Kuznetsov Edward Samoilovich Kuznetsov 1939 n/a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, Prisoner of Zion and writer who settled in Israel in 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Kuznetsov
Alexander Tatarsky Alexander Mikhailovich Tatarsky 1950 2007 Soviet animation director, screenwriter, animator, producer, artist, co-founder and artistic director of the Pilot studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Tatarsky
Aleksandr Shirvindt Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt 1934 n/a Soviet stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Shirvindt
Semyon Farada Semyon Lyvovich Ferdman PAR, better known by his stage name Semyon Farada 1933 2009 Soviet stage and film actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Farada
Vladimir Motyl Vladimir Yakovlevich Motyl 1927 2010 Soviet and Belarussian film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Motyl
Mikhail Zhvanetsky Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky 1934 2020 Soviet writer, satirist and performer of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Zhvanetsky
Veniamin Fleishman Veniamin Iosifovich Fleishman 1913 1941 Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veniamin_Fleishman
Mikhail Alperin Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin 1956 2018 Soviet jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Alperin
Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937) Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich 1937 2020 Soviet wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gurevich_(wrestler,_born_1937)
Lazar Lyusternik Lazar Aronovich Lyusternik 1899 1981 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Lyusternik
Lazar Lagin Lazar Iosifovich Lagin , real name Lazar Ginzburg 1903 1979 Soviet author of children's and science fiction books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Lagin
Galina Volchek Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek 1933 2019 Soviet stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Volchek
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin 1919 1984 Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, geometry, measure theory, probability theory, ergodic theory and entropy theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Abramovich_Rokhlin
Grigory Landsberg Grigory Samuilovich Landsberg 1890 1957 Soviet physicist who worked in the fields of optics and spectroscopy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Landsberg
Tatyana Lioznova Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova 1924 2011 Soviet film director best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Lioznova
Alexander Khinshtein Alexander Khinshtein 1974 n/a Soviet journalist and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Khinshtein
Alexey Chervonenkis Alexey Yakovlevich Chervonenkis 1938 2014 Soviet mathematician, and, with Vladimir Vapnik, was one of the main developers of the Vapnik–Chervonenkis theory, also known as the "fundamental theory of learning" an important part of computational learning theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Chervonenkis
Lev Aronin Lev Solomonovich Aronin 1920 1982 Soviet International Master of chess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Aronin
Adolph P. Yushkevich Adolph-Andrei Pavlovich Yushkevich 1906 1993 Soviet historian of mathematics, leading expert in medieval mathematics of the East and the work of Leonhard Euler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_P._Yushkevich
Alexander Krein Alexander Abramovich Krein 1883 1951 Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Krein
Grigory Shpigel Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel 1914 1981 Soviet actor and voice actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Shpigel
Ilya Kan Ilya Abramovich Kan 1909 1978 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Kan
Alexander Mezhirov Alexander Petrovich Mezhirov 1923 2009 Soviet poet, translator and critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mezhirov
Grigory Shtern Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern none 1941 Soviet officer in the Red Army and military advisor during the Spanish Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Shtern
Vitaly Chekhover Vitaly Alexandrovich Chekhover 1908 1965 Soviet chess player and chess composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Chekhover
Źmitrok Biadula Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik 1886 1941 Soviet poet, prose writer, translator, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Źmitrok_Biadula
Yuri Ahronovitch Yuri Mikhaylovich Ahronovitch 1932 2002 Soviet conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ahronovitch
Alexander Kalyagin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kalyagin 1942 n/a Soviet actor and director, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983), Laureate of the State Prizes for his works in the theater and the cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kalyagin
Emmanuel Rashba Emmanuel I. Rashba 1927 n/a Soviet theoretical physicist of Jewish origin who worked in Ukraine, Russia and in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Rashba
Alexander Krasnoshchyokov Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov 1880 1937 Soviet politician and the first Chairman of the Government (Head of the state) of the Far Eastern Republic, and later the first leading Bolshevik to be arrested by the regime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Krasnoshchyokov
Aida Vedishcheva Aida Semyonovna Vedishcheva 1941 n/a Soviet singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Vedishcheva
Yuri Fayer Yuri Fyodorovich Fayer 1971 n/a Soviet Jewish conductor, highly notable in ballet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Fayer
Sergei Bernstein Sergei Natanovich Bernstein 1880 1968 Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Bernstein
Leonid Shvartsman Leonid Aronovich Shvartsman 1920 n/a Soviet animator and artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Shvartsman
Elizabeth Gilels Elizabeth Gilels 1919 2008 Soviet violinist and a professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilels
Vladimir Konovalov Rear Admiral Vladimir Konstantinovich Konovalov, Владимир Константинович Коновалов none 1967 Soviet Navy distinguished submarine commander during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Konovalov
Leonid Geishtor Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor 1936 n/a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Geishtor
Yunna Morits Yunna Petrovna Morits (Moritz) 1937 n/a Soviet poet, poetry translator and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunna_Morits
Lev Kassil Lev Abramovich Kassil 1905 1970 Soviet writer of juvenile and young adult literature, depicting Soviet life, teenagers and their world, school, sports, cultural life, and war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Kassil
Vitali Golod Vitali Golod 1971 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Golod
Aleksandr Faintsimmer Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer 1906 1982 Soviet film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Faintsimmer
Ilya Averbakh Ilya Aleksandrovich Averbakh 1934 1986 Soviet film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Averbakh
Mark Bluvshtein Mark Bluvshtein 1988 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bluvshtein
Mikhail Lifshitz Mikhail Aleksandrovich Lifshitz 1905 n/a Soviet Marxian literary critic and philosopher of art who had a long and controversial career in the Soviet former Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lifshitz
Boris Leskin Boris Leskin 1923 2020 Soviet film and theater actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Leskin
Ilya Gurevich Ilya Mark Gurevich 1972 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Gurevich
Boris Goldstein Boris Goldstein 1922 1987 Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the USSR. As a young prodigy, he started violin studies in Odessa with the eminent pedagogue, Pyotr Stolyarsky and continued them in Moscow Conservatory under Abram Yampolsky and Lev Tseitlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Goldstein
Natan Rakhlin Natan Grigoryevich Rakhlin 1979 n/a Soviet conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natan_Rakhlin
Evgenii Landis Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis 1921 1997 Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgenii_Landis
Arkady Migdal Arkady Beynusovich (Benediktovich) Migdal 1911 1991 Soviet physicist and member of the USSR Academy of Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Migdal
Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky 1933 2012 Soviet Olympic champion football player and manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Razinsky
Mikhail Volpin Mikhail Davydovich Volpin 1902 1988 Soviet screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Volpin
Georgy Natanson Georgy Grigorievich Nathanson 1921 2017 Soviet theater and cinema director, screenwriter and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Natanson
Iosif Vitebskiy Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy 1938 n/a Soviet former Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer, and current US fencing coach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Vitebskiy
Mark Fradkin Mark Grigoryevich Fradkin 1914 1990 Soviet composer, author of numerous popular songs (many of which were co-written with poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky) and musical scores for forty films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fradkin
Yuri Yankelevich Yuri Yankelevich 1909 1973 Soviet violin pedagogue who taught many internationally known virtuosos during his long tenure at the Moscow Conservatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Yankelevich
Vladimir Boltyansky Vladimir Grigorevich Boltyansky 1925 2019 Soviet mathematician, educator and author of popular mathematical books and articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Boltyansky
Akiva Yaglom Akiva Moiseevich Yaglom 1921 2007 Soviet physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_Yaglom
Grigory Kaminsky Grigory Naumovich Kaminsky 1895 1938 Soviet politician who was the 2nd First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party, and one of founders of the health care system in the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Kaminsky
Lev Milchin Lev Isaakovich Milchin 1920 1987 Soviet animation director, art director, artist and book illustrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Milchin
Maya Kristalinskaya Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya 1932 1985 Soviet singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Kristalinskaya
Konstantin Umansky Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky 1902 1945 Soviet diplomat, editor, journalist and artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Umansky
Aleksandr Tsekalo Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Tsekalo 1961 n/a Soviet musician, actor, radio and TV host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Tsekalo
Efim Shifrin Efim (Yefim 1956 n/a Soviet actor, humorist, singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_Shifrin
Naum Meiman Naum Natanovich 1912 2001 Soviet mathematician, and dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Meiman
Theodore Rothstein Theodore Rothstein 1871 1953 Soviet politician, journalist, writer and communist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Rothstein
Vereslav Eingorn Vereslav (Viacheslav) Eingorn 1956 n/a Soviet chess grandmaster, coach and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereslav_Eingorn
Mark Tseitlin Mark Tseitlin 1943 2022 Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tseitlin
Dmitry Pokrass Dmitry Yakovlevich Pokrass 1899 1978 Soviet composer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Pokrass
Mikhail Bernshtein Mikhail Davidovich Bernshtein 1875 1960 Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, who played an important role in the formation of the Leningrad School of Painting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bernshtein
Anatoly Vaisser Anatoly Vaisser 1949 n/a Soviet chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Vaisser
Eduard Rozovsky Eduard Rozovsky 1926 2011 Soviet cinematographer and cameraman, whose film credits include Amphibian Man and White Sun of the Desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Rozovsky
Zara Levina Zara Aleksandrovna Levina 1906 1976 Soviet pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Levina
Sophia Agranovich Sophia Agranovich null null Soviet classical concert pianist, Centaur Records recording artist and music educator, who performs internationally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Agranovich
Boris Weisfeiler Boris Weisfeiler 1941 1985 Soviet mathematician and professor at Penn State University who lived in the United States before disappearing in Chile in 1985 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Weisfeiler
Iosif Begun Iosif Ziselovich Begun, sometimes spelled Yosef 1932 n/a Soviet former refusenik, prisoner of conscience, human rights activist, author and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Begun
Grunya Sukhareva Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva 1891 1981 Soviet child psychiatrist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunya_Sukhareva
Yefim Gamburg Yefim Abramovich Gamburg 1925 2000 Soviet animation director known for parody and musical cartoons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Gamburg
Grigory Mairanovsky Grigory Moiseevich Mairanovsky 1899 1964 Soviet biochemist and poison developer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Mairanovsky
Mikhail Yudovich Mikhail Mikhailovich Yudovich 1911 1987 Soviet chess master, journalist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Yudovich
Eduard Volodarsky Eduard Yakovlevich Volodarsky 1941 2012 Soviet screenwriter, writer and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Volodarsky
Elizabeth Zarubina Elizaveta "Zoya" Yulyevna Zarubina 1900 1987 Soviet spy, podpolkovnik of the MGB. She was known as Elizabeth Zubilin while serving in the United States, and also known as Elizaveta Gorskaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Zarubina
Aleksandr Gorelik Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik 1945 2012 Soviet pair skater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Gorelik
Ilya Selvinsky Ilya Lvovich Selvinsky 1899 1968 Soviet Jewish poet, dramatist, memoirist, and essayist born in Simferopol, Crimea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Selvinsky
Semen Altshuler Semen Alexandrovich Altshuler 1911 1983 Soviet physicist known for his work in resonance spectroscopy and in particular for theoretical prediction of acoustic paramagnetic resonance in 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen_Altshuler
Osip Abdulov Osip Naumovich Abdulov none 1953 Soviet actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osip_Abdulov
Margarita Aliger Margarita Iosifovna Aliger none 1992 Soviet poet, translator, and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Aliger
Grigory Novak Grigory Irmovich Novak 1919 1980 Soviet Jewish weightlifter who won a world title in 1946 and a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Novak
Pavel Antokolsky Pavel Grigoryevich Antokolsky 1896 1978 Soviet poet and theatre director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Antokolsky
Miron Sher Miron Naumovich Sher 1952 2020 Soviet chess player, who was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miron_Sher
Mikhail Kadets Mikhail Iosiphovich Kadets 1923 2011 Soviet Jewish mathematician working in analysis and the theory of Banach spaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kadets
Rudolf Samoylovich Rudolf (Ruvim) Lazarevich Samoylovich null null Soviet polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Samoylovich
Adamas Golodets Adamas Solomonovich Golodets 1933 2006 Soviet football player and manager of Jewish ethnicity, who played forward for Neftchi Baku PFC, FC Dynamo Moscow, and FC Dynamo Kiev between 1954 and 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamas_Golodets
Eduard Kolmanovsky Eduard Savelievich Kolmanovsky 1923 1994 Soviet composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Kolmanovsky
Albert Kapengut Albert Zinovievich Kapengut 1944 n/a Soviet chess master (since 1962) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kapengut
Natan Eidelman Natan Yakovlevich Eidelman 1930 1989 Soviet author and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natan_Eidelman
Samuel Pokrass Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass 1894 1939 Soviet composer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pokrass
Solomon Mikhlin Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin 1908 1990 Soviet mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the symbol of a singular integral operator, which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Mikhlin
Abram Deborin Abram Moiseyevich Deborin (Ioffe) none 1963 Soviet Marxist philosopher and academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Deborin
Aleksandr Kolchinsky Oleksandr Leonidovych Kolchynskyy 1955 2002 Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler of Jewish-Ukrainian descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kolchinsky
Mikhail Gershkovich Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich 1948 n/a Soviet retired football player and a current Russian coach of Jewish ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gershkovich
Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Fedorovych Kolumbet 1937 1983 Soviet track cyclist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kolumbet
Boris Goykhman Boris Abramovich Goykhman 1919 2005 Soviet water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Goykhman
Semyon Aranovich Semyon Davidovich Aranovich 1934 1996 Soviet film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Aranovich
Efraim Sevela Efim Drabkin , better known by his pen name Efraim Sevela 1928 2010 Soviet writer, screenwriter, director, producer, who after his emigration from the Soviet Union lived in Israel, USA and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efraim_Sevela
Alexander Tsfasman Alexander Naumovich Tsfasman 1906 1971 Soviet Jazz pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, publisher and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Tsfasman
Pavel Kogan (poet) Pavel Davidovich Kogan 1918 1942 Soviet Jewish poet who died fighting as a soldier in the Second World War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kogan_(poet)
Sofia Magid Sofia Magid 1892 1954 Soviet Jewish Ethnographer and Folklorist whose career lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Magid
Israel Fisanovich Israel Ilyich Fisanovich none 1944 Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Fisanovich
Valery Oisteanu Valery Oisteanu 1943 n/a Soviet poet, art critic, essayist, photographer and performance artist, whose style reflects the influence of Dada and Surrealism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Oisteanu
Irakly Andronikov Irakly Luarsabovich Andronikov none 1990 Soviet literature historian, philologist, spoken word artist and media personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakly_Andronikov
Veniamin Levich Veniamin Grigorievich (Benjamin) Levich 1917 1987 Soviet dissident, internationally prominent physical chemist, electrochemist and founder of the discipline of physico-chemical hydrodynamics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veniamin_Levich
Georgy Mondzolevski Georgy Grigorevich Mondzolevski 1934 n/a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Mondzolevski
Naum Z. Shor Naum Zuselevich Shor 1937 2006 Soviet mathematician specializing in optimization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Z._Shor
Mikhail Shvydkoy Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy 1948 n/a Soviet theater critic, drama, social and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Shvydkoy
Anatolii Goldberg Anatolii Asirovich Goldberg 1930 2008 Soviet mathematician working in complex analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolii_Goldberg
Alla Budnitskaya Alla Zinovievna Budnitskaya 1937 n/a Soviet actress of theater and cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Budnitskaya
Suleiman Yudakov Suleiman (Solomon) Alexandrovich Yudakov n/a 1990 Soviet Bukharian composer of Bukharan Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_Yudakov
Semyon Kosberg Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg null null Soviet engineer, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Kosberg
Vitaly Margulis Vitaly Iosifovich Margulis 1928 2011 Soviet classical pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Margulis
Boris Gusman Boris Yevseyevich Gusman 1892 1944 Soviet author, screenplay writer, theater director, and columnist for Pravda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gusman
Mark Zeltser Mark Efimovich Zeltser 1947 n/a Soviet pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zeltser
Alexander Nudelman Alexander Emmanuilovich Nudelman 1912 1996 Soviet weapon designer and researcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nudelman
Iosif Langbard Iosif Grigor’evich Langbard 1882 1951 Soviet architect and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1934) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Langbard
Yuri Veksler Yuri Abramovich Veksler 1940 1991 Soviet cinematographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Veksler
Svetlana Toma Svetlana Andreevna Toma null null Soviet actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Toma
Teodor Oizerman Teodor Ilyich Oizerman none 2017 Soviet philosopher and academician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_Oizerman
Ephraim Sklyansky Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky 1925 n/a Soviet revolutionary and statesman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Sklyansky
Felix Gantmacher Felix Ruvimovich Gantmacher 1908 1964 Soviet mathematician, professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, well known for his contributions in mechanics, linear algebra and Lie group theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Gantmacher
Oleg Karavayev Oleg Nikolayevich Karavayev 1936 1978 Soviet bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Karavayev
Aleksandr Volodin (playwright) Aleksandr Moiseyevich Volodin 1919 2001 Soviet playwright, screenwriter and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Volodin_(playwright)
Mikhail Slonimsky Mikhail Leonidovich Slonimsky none 1972 Soviet writer, member of the Serapion Brothers group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Slonimsky
Arkady Vaksberg Arkady Iosifovich Vaksberg 1927 2011 Soviet investigative journalist, writer on historical subjects, film maker and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Vaksberg
Igor Vernik Igor Emilievich Vernik 1963 n/a Soviet film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Vernik
Nora Gal Nora Gal , full name Eleonora Yakovlevna Galperina 1912 1991 Soviet translator, literary critic, and translation theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Gal
Elena Gnesina Elena Fabianovna Gnesina 1874 1967 Soviet composer and music educator, a sister of the composer Mikhail Gnesin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Gnesina
Lazar Shatskin Lazar Abramovich Shatskin 1902 n/a Soviet and Communist International functionary and one of the founders of Komsomol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Shatskin
Alexei Fridman Alexey Maksimovich Fridman 1940 2010 Soviet physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Fridman
Moisei Beregovsky Moisei Iakovlevich Beregovsky 1892 1961 Soviet Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist from Ukraine, who published mainly in Russian and Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisei_Beregovsky
Moisey Kasyanik Moisey Davidovich Kasyanik 1911 1988 Soviet weightlifter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisey_Kasyanik
Mikhail Tovarovsky Mikhail (Moisei) Davidovich Tovarovsky 1903 1969 Soviet footballer, coach, and sport administrator from Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tovarovsky
Boris Moishezon Boris Gershevich Moishezon 1937 1993 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Moishezon
Mark Shevelev Mark Ivanovich Shevelev none 1991 Soviet pilot during World War II and one of founders of Soviet polar aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shevelev
Alexander Goncharov Alexander B. Goncharov 1960 n/a Soviet mathematician and the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics at Yale University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Goncharov
Mikhail Matusovsky Mikhail Lvovich Matusovsky 1915 1990 Soviet poet, a winner of the USSR State Prize (1977) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Matusovsky
Gotlib Roninson Gotlib Mikhailovich Roninson 1916 1991 Soviet actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotlib_Roninson
Naum Birman Naum Borisovich Birman 1924 1989 Soviet director of theater and cinema, screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Birman
Semyon Alexandrovich Ginzburg Semyon Alexandrovich Ginzburg 1900 1943 Soviet tank designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Alexandrovich_Ginzburg
David Milman David Pinhusovich Milman 1912 1982 Soviet and later Israeli mathematician specializing in functional analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Milman
Mark Prudkin Mark Isaakovich Prudkin 1898 1994 Soviet actor of theater and cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Prudkin
Lev Shvartzman Lev Leonidovich (Aronovich) Shvartzman 1907 1955 Soviet MGB officer, notorious for his brutality, who was executed for using torture to extract false confessions from prisoners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Shvartzman
Semion Braude Semion Yakovlevich Braude 1911 2003 Soviet physicist and radio astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semion_Braude
Eugene Grebenik Eugene Grebenik 1919 2001 Soviet civil servant who was a central figure in the development of demography in Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Grebenik
Emmanuil Kazakevich Emmanuil Genrikhovich Kazakevich 1913 1962 Soviet author, poet and playwright of Jewish extraction, writing in Russian and Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuil_Kazakevich
Yefim Fomin Yefim Moiseyevich Fomin 1909 1941 Soviet political commissar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Fomin
Josef Burg (writer) Josef Burg 1912 2009 Soviet award-winning Jewish Yiddish writer, author, publisher and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Burg_(writer)
Boris Messerer Boris Asafovich Messerer 1933 n/a Soviet theater artist,Культу https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Messerer
Vladimir Polonsky Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky 1893 1937 Soviet politician and the 5th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Polonsky
Matus Bisnovat Matus Ruvimovich Bisnovat 1905 1977 Soviet aircraft and missile designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matus_Bisnovat
Naum Shtarkman Naum Lvovich Shtarkman 1927 2006 Soviet classical pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Shtarkman
Leo Ginzburg Leo Moritsevich Ginzburg 1901 1979 Soviet conductor and pianist of Polish Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Ginzburg
Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin Semyon Aronovich Gershgorin 1901 1933 Soviet (born in Pruzhany, Belarus, Russian Empire) mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Aranovich_Gershgorin
Rosa Tamarkina Rosa Tamarkina 1920 1950 Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1937) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Tamarkina
Nikolay Epshtein Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein 1919 2005 Soviet ice hockey coach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Epshtein
Zair Azgur Zair Isaakovich Azgur 1908 1995 Soviet sculptor active during the Soviet period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zair_Azgur
Larissa Volpert Larissa Ilinichna Volpert 1926 2017 Soviet chess Woman Grandmaster and Russian philologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Volpert
Lev Aptekar Lev Isaakovich Aptekar 1936 n/a Soviet chess master, coach and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Aptekar
Naum Ya. Vilenkin Naum Yakovlevich Vilenkin 1920 1991 Soviet mathematician, an expert in representation theory, the theory of special functions, functional analysis, and combinatorics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Ya._Vilenkin
Saul Bron Saul Grigorievich Bron 1887 1938 Soviet trade representative in United States and Great Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bron
Yefim Gorodetsky Efim Naumovich Gorodetsky 1907 1993 Soviet historian and a leading authority on the historiography of the October Revolution and the formation of the Soviet state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Gorodetsky
Moisey Rukhimovich Moisey Lvovich Rukhimovich 1889 1938 Soviet statesman and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisey_Rukhimovich
Valentin Galochkin Valentin Andreevich Galochkin 1928 2006 Soviet prominent (Ukrainian, Russian) sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Galochkin
Leonid Bunimovich Leonid Abramowitsch Bunimovich 1947 n/a Soviet mathematician, who made fundamental contributions to the theory of Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and various applications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Bunimovich
Yaacov Kaufman Yaacov Kaufman 1945 n/a Soviet industrial designer and academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaacov_Kaufman
Kerttu Nuorteva Kerttu Nuorteva 1912 1963 Soviet intelligence agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerttu_Nuorteva
Evgeny Agrest Evgeny Agrest 1966 n/a Soviet chess grandmaster (1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Agrest
Eduard Mudrik Eduard Nikolayevich Mudrik 1939 2017 Soviet footballer of Jewish ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Mudrik
Igor Vysotsky Igor Yakovlevich Vysotsky 1953 n/a Soviet retired boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, best known for twice defeating the triple Olympic Champion Teófilo Stevenson, being the only boxer out of more than two hundred Stevenson's opponents to ever knock him out, though himself never participated in the Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Vysotsky
Zoya Semenduyeva Zoya Yunoevna Semenduyeva 1929 2020 Soviet poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoya_Semenduyeva
Mishi Bakhshiev Mishi Bakhshiev 1910 1972 Soviet writer and poet of Mountain Jew origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishi_Bakhshiev
Arkady Shaikhet Arkady Samoylovich Shaikhet 1898 1959 Soviet prominent photojournalist and photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Shaikhet
Yevgeny Dolmatovsky Yevgeniy Aronovich Dolmatovsky , May 5, 1915 – September 10, 1994 null null Soviet poet and a Russian popular song lyricist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Dolmatovsky
Aizik Volpert Aizik Isaakovich Vol'pert 1923 2006 Soviet mathematician and chemical engineer working in partial differential equations, functions of bounded variation and chemical kinetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizik_Volpert
Elye Spivak Eliyahu "Elye" Spivak 1890 1950 Soviet Jewish linguist, philologist, and pedagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elye_Spivak
Maxim Leonidov Maxim Leonidovich Leonidov 1962 n/a Soviet musician, singer, actor, songwriter and TV presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Leonidov
Boris Gavrilovich Gavrilov Boris Gavrilov 1908 1990 Soviet writer, poet, dramatist and teacher of Mountain Jew origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gavrilovich_Gavrilov
Mikhail Kalik Mikhail Naumovich Kalik 1927 2017 Soviet film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalik
Mikhail Borisovich Gavrilov Mikhail Gavrilov 1926 2014 Soviet writer and poet of Mountain Jew descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Borisovich_Gavrilov
Rita Rait-Kovaleva Rita Yakovlevna Rait-Kovaleva 1898 1989 Soviet literary translator and writer, particularly known for her translations of J. D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut into Russian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Rait-Kovaleva
Mikhail Mukasei Mikhail Isaakovich Mukasei 1907 2008 Soviet spy codenamed Zephyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mukasei
Tamara Katsenelenbogen Tamara Davydovna Katsenelenbogen 1894 1976 Soviet constructivist architect and urban planner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Katsenelenbogen
Leonid Tsypkin Leonid Borisovich Tsypkin 1926 1982 Soviet writer and medical doctor, best known for his book Summer in Baden-Baden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Tsypkin
Ivan Svanidze Ivan "Dzhonrid" Alexandrovich Svanidze 1927 1987 Soviet academic who specialized in agriculture and African Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Svanidze
Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski 1936 2001 Soviet football player and manager of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Alfonsovich_Ostrovski
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya Lyubov Ivanovna Dobrzhanskaya 1905 1980 Soviet singer and actress of theater and cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubov_Dobrzhanskaya
Valeri Urin Valeri Grigoryevich Urin 1934 n/a Soviet former football player and coach of Jewish ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Urin
Zinovy Vysokovsky Zinovy Moiseevich Vysokovsky 1932 2009 Soviet theater and movie actor and variety performer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovy_Vysokovsky
Iosif Amusin Iosif Davidovich Amusin 1910 1984 Soviet historian, orientalist, hebraist and papyrologyst, was specialist in the history of the Ancient Near East and Qumran studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Amusin
Rachel Boymvol Rachel Boymvol, sometimes spelled Baumwoll 1914 2000 Soviet poet, Children's book author, and translator who wrote in both Yiddish and Russian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Boymvol
Aron Naumovich Trainin Aron Naumovich Trainin Moshe Aron Naumovich Trainin Moshe Aron Nahimovich Trainin null null Soviet jurist and criminologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Naumovich_Trainin
Sylva Zalmanson Sylva Zalmanson 1944 n/a Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Zion, human rights activist, artist and engineer who settled in Israel in 1974 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylva_Zalmanson
Tatiana Shubin Tatiana Shubin null null Soviet mathematician known for her work developing math circles, social structures for the mathematical enrichment of secondary-school students, especially among the Navajo and other Native American people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Shubin
Tamara Musakhanov Tamara Nahamievna Musakhanov 1924 2014 Soviet sculptor, and ceramist of Mountain Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Musakhanov
Yakov Dashevsky Yakov Sergeyevich Dashevsky 1902 1972 Soviet Red Army military intelligence officer and lieutenant-general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Dashevsky
Daniil Atnilov Daniil Atnilov 1913 1968 Soviet poet of Mountain Jew origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Atnilov
Boris Shtein Boris Yefimovich Shtein 1892 1961 Soviet diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Shtein
Vladimir Gershuni Vladimir Lvovich Gershuni 1930 1994 Soviet dissident and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Gershuni
Mikhail Perlman Mikhail Romanovich Perlman 1923 2002 Soviet former gymnast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Perlman
Ruth Bonner Ruf Grigorievna Bonner 1900 1987 Soviet Communist activist and who spent eight years in a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bonner
Alla Yoshpe Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) 1937 2021 Soviet pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Yoshpe
Moisey Feigin Moses (Moisey) Aleksandrovich Feigin 1904 2008 Soviet artist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisey_Feigin
Evgeny Yakovlevich Remez Evgeny Yakovlevich Remez 1895 1975 Soviet mathematician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Yakovlevich_Remez
Yakov Belopolsky Yakov Borisovich Belopolski null null Soviet architect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Belopolsky
Ion Degen Ion Lazarevich Degen 1925 2017 Soviet writer, doctor and medical scientist in the field of orthopedics and traumatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Degen
Aleksey Vysotsky Aleksej Vladimirovich Vysotsky 1919 1977 Soviet Union journalist and author, as well as a hero of World War II who attained the rank of Colonel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Vysotsky
Arnold Azrikan Arnold Grigorevich Azrikan 1906 1976 Soviet operatic dramatic tenor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Azrikan
Pavlo Vigderhaus Pavlo Isaakovich Vigderhaus 1925 2013 Soviet architect, recipient of the USSR State Prize (1978) and Honoured Architect of Ukraine (2009) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlo_Vigderhaus
Phillip Stollman Phillip Stollman 1906 1998 Soviet real estate developer, Zionist, and philanthropist who co-founded the Biltmore Development Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Stollman
Revekka Galperina Revekka Menasievna Galperina 1894 1974 Soviet editor and translator of English literature, one of the most prolific translators in the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revekka_Galperina
Inna Zubkovskaya Inna Zubkovskaya 1923 2001 Soviet ballerina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inna_Zubkovskaya
Anatoly Yagudaev Anatoly Yagudaev 1935 2014 Soviet /Russian sculptor of Mountain Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Yagudaev
Vladimir Slepak Vladimir Semyonovich Slepak 1927 2015 Soviet dissident, refusenik, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Slepak
Natalia Kushnir Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir 1954 n/a Soviet former volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Kushnir
Naum Gurvich Naum Lazarevich Gurvich 1905 1981 Soviet Jewish cardiac physician, a pioneer in the development of defibrillators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Gurvich
Manuvakh Dadashev Manuvakh Dadashev 1913 1943 Soviet poet of Mountain Jew origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuvakh_Dadashev
Yulen Uralov Yulen (or Julen) Isaakovych Uralov 1924 n/a Soviet Jewish Olympic fencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulen_Uralov
Frida Vigdorova Frida Abramovna Vigdorova 1915 1965 Soviet journalist, novelist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Vigdorova
Viktor Bely Viktor Arkadyevich Bely 1904 1983 Soviet composer and social activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bely
Olexander Beyderman Olexander Abramovytsch Beyderman 1949 n/a Soviet writer of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olexander_Beyderman
Klara Berkovich Klara Yefimovna Berkovich 1928 n/a Soviet violinist and master violin teacher who divided her career between the Soviet Union and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Berkovich
Nadezhda Ulanovskaya Nadezhda (Esther) Markovna Ulanovskaya 1903 1986 Soviet intelligence GRU officer, translator, English teacher, wife Alexander Ulanovsky, and mother of Maya Ulanovskaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Ulanovskaya
Mark Stockman Mark Stockman 1947 2020 Soviet physicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stockman
Alexander Abramov-Mirov Alexander Abramov-Mirov 1895 1937 Soviet Comintern communications officer and intelligence agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Abramov-Mirov
Naum Sorkin Naum Semyonovich Sorkin 1899 1980 Soviet military officer and diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Sorkin
Mikhail Plisetski Mikhail Emmanuilovich (Mendelevich) Plisetski 1899 1938 Soviet diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Plisetski
Arkady Inin Arkady Yakovlevich Inin null null Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor, publicist, teacher and professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Inin
Jan Tabachnyk Jan Petrovych null null Soviet variety composer, accordionist, politician and entrepreneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tabachnyk
Mark Moisevich Rosenthal Mark Moisevich Rosenthal 1906 1975 Soviet writer and teacher, specializing in the fields of dialectical materialism, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Moisevich_Rosenthal
Mark Nemenman Mark Nemenman 1936 n/a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Nemenman
David I. Rozenberg David Iokhelevich Rosenberg 1879 n/a Soviet economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I._Rozenberg
Semyon Altov Semyon Altov 1945 n/a Soviet comedy writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Altov
Boris Sohn Boris Vulfovich Sohn 1898 1966 Soviet stage actor, theatre director and theatre educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Sohn
Dmitry Yakubovskiy Dmitry Yakubovskiy [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jə:kubˈoːfskɪj] born September 5, 1963 null null Soviet lawyer, advocate and businessman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Yakubovskiy
Ben Boloff Ben Boloff 1893 1932 Soviet communist who resided in Portland, Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Boloff
Johann Admoni Johánn Admóni 1906 1979 Soviet composer, pianist, teacher, and public person, the son of the famous St. Petersburg historian, publicist, and Jewish community leader Gregor Red-Admoni () https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Admoni
Lucien Dulfan Lucien Dulfan 1942 n/a Soviet conceptualist artist, resident in the United States since 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Dulfan
Semyon Snitkovsky Semyon Snitkovsky 1933 1981 Soviet classical violinist and a professor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Snitkovsky
Aleksandr Akhiezer Aleksandr Ilyich Akhiezer 1911 2000 Soviet theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Akhiezer
Semyon Strugachyov Semyon Mikhailovich Strugachyov 1957 n/a Soviet film and stage actor, People's Artist of Russia (2008) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Strugachyov
Semyon Firin Semyon Grigoryevich Firin 1898 1937 Soviet officer in the intelligence services OGPU and NKVD. Later in his career, he was a leader in different Gulag forced labor camps until he was executed during the Great Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Firin
Lev Skvirsky Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky 1903 1990 Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Skvirsky
Viktor Chaika Viktor Chaika ; real name Viktor Grigorievich Sigal ; null null Soviet pop composer, songwriter, singer and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Chaika
Hanon Izakson Hanon Ilyich Izakson 1909 1985 Soviet designer of farm machines who was born in Novo-Bereslav, Kherson Oblast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanon_Izakson
Yakov Gilyarievich Etinger Yakov Gilyarievich Etinger 1887 1951 Soviet medical doctor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Gilyarievich_Etinger
Solomon Milshtein Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein 1899 1955 Soviet state security official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Milshtein
Victor Tsigal Victor Efimovich Tsigal 1916 2005 Soviet painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Tsigal
Isaac Mikhnovsky Isaac Iosifovich Mikhnovsky 1914 1978 Soviet prominent pianist, composer, professor, and winner of the First All-Soviet Piano Competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Mikhnovsky
Mikhail Fichtenholz Mikhail Izrailevich Fichtenholz 1920 1985 Soviet violinist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Fichtenholz
Iosif Ratner Iosif Markovich Ratner 1901 1953 Soviet military adviser with the Soviet embassies in Republican Spain and China during the Spanish Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Ratner
Boris Berman (journalist) Boris Isaakovich Berman 1948 n/a Soviet journalist and broadcaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Berman_(journalist)
Dina Pronicheva Dina (Vera) Mironovna Pronicheva 1911 1977 Soviet Jewish actress at the Kiev Puppet Theatre, and a survivor of the September 29–30, 1941 Babi Yar massacre in Kiev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Pronicheva
Israel Pliner Israel Pliner 1896 1939 Soviet officer and high functionary of the Soviet secret police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Pliner
Lubov Rabinovich Lubov Rabinovich 1907 2001 Soviet painter most noted for her works depicting rural life and particularly life in the newly created settlements of the Virgin Lands Campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubov_Rabinovich
Elye Gordon Ilya Zinovyevich Gordon none 1989 Soviet Yiddish author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elye_Gordon
Matvei Vainrub Matvei Grigorievich Vainrub 1910 1998 Soviet Lieutenant-General, Commander of the tank troops and deputy commander of the 62nd Army (later 8th Guards Army) in the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvei_Vainrub
Lev Barenboim Lev Aronovich Barenboim 1906 1985 Soviet pianist and musicologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Barenboim
Kiva Maidanik Kiva Maidanik 1929 2006 Soviet historian and political scientist, a researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva_Maidanik
Lev Borisovich Helfand Lev Borisovich Helfand null null Soviet chargé d'affaires to Italy in the end of 1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Borisovich_Helfand
Mordkhe Veynger Mordkhe Veynger 1890 1929 Soviet Jewish linguist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordkhe_Veynger
Leonid Krupnik Leonid "Leo" Krupnik 1979 n/a Soviet retired-born American-Israeli soccer player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Krupnik
Avraham Shifrin Avraham Shifrin 1923 n/a Soviet human rights activist, Zionist, author, lawyer, and Israeli politician who spent a decade in Soviet prisons for allegedly spying for the US and Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Shifrin
Mikhail Grabsky Mikhail Isaakovich Grabsky 1923 2007 Soviet Jewish tank commander who served in the Red Army during the Second World War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Grabsky
Vladimir Portnoy Vladimir Portnoy 1931 1984 Soviet gymnast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Portnoy
Yan Arlazorov Yan Mayorovich Arlazorov 1947 2009 Soviet theater actor, comedian and entertainer, Honored Artist of Russia (1997), winner of the All-Russian Competition of Variety Artists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Arlazorov
Stanislav Messing Stanislav Adamovich Messing 1890 1937 Soviet national party leader and a leader of the Soviet state security and intelligence bodies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Messing
Lev Kritzman Lev Natanovich Kritzman 1890 1938 Soviet Marxian economist who became a prominent advocate of state planning in the 1920s Soviet economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Kritzman
Lev Zbarsky Felix-Lev Borisovich Zbarsky 1931 2016 Soviet Jewish painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Zbarsky
Boris Rybkin Boris Arkadyevich Rybkin born Boruch Aronovich Rivkin ; 19 June 189927 November 1947) null null Soviet diplomat and a secret agent of the NKVD. He worked as a junior diplomatic official as Boris Yartsev in the embassy of the Soviet Union in Helsinki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Rybkin
Tema Filanovskaya Tema Filanovskaya 1915 1994 Soviet chess player who three times won the Russian SFSR Women Chess Championship (1951, 1954, 1955) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tema_Filanovskaya
Aron Vergelis Aron Vergelis 1918 n/a Soviet poet and journalist of Jewish descent who wrote in Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Vergelis
Lazar Aronshtam Lazar Naumovich Aronshtam 1896 1938 Soviet political officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Aronshtam
Iosif Grinberg Iosif Lvovich Grinberg 1906 n/a Soviet literary critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Grinberg
Abram Pinkenson Abram Vladimirovich "Musya" Pinkenson 1930 1942 Soviet pioneer and schoolboy who was shot by the German occupying forces in 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Pinkenson
Israel Borisovich Gusman Israel Borisovich Gusman 1917 2003 Soviet conductor and professor of music at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Borisovich_Gusman
Vladimir Broude Vladimir Lvovich Broude 1924 1978 Soviet experimental physicist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Broude
Mikhail Zlatopolsky Mikhail Mikhailovich Zlatopolsky 1934 2001 Soviet singer and occasional actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Zlatopolsky
Vadim Teplitsky Vadim Izrailevich Teplitsky 1927 2017 Soviet engineer-economist, journalist and chess historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Teplitsky
Lion Izmailov Lion Izmailov , real name Lion Moiseevich Polyak ; born 5 May 1940, Moscow) null null Soviet satirist writer, screenwriter and entertainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Izmailov
Sergey Zvantsev Sergey Zvantsev 1893 1973 Soviet writer, playwright and feuilletonist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Zvantsev
Daniil Dondurey Daniil Borisovich Dondurey 1947 2017 Soviet culturologist, film critic, sociologist of the media, editor in chief of the journal Iskusstvo Kino, and Candidate of Philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Dondurey
Sholom Dvolajckij Šolom Moiseevič Dvolajckij 1893 1937 Soviet economist and state official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholom_Dvolajckij
Yevsei Vainrub Yevsei Grigorievich Vainrub none 2003 Soviet Colonel during World War II, Commander of the 219th Tank Brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevsei_Vainrub
Aron Sokolovsky Aron L'vovich Sokolovsky 1884 none Soviet economist who was put on trial in the 1931 Menshevik Trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Sokolovsky
Grigori Sandler Grigoriy Moiseevich Sandler 1912 1994 Soviet choral conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Sandler
Shmuel Ben-Zvi Shmuel Ben-Zvi 1948 n/a Soviet journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Ben-Zvi
Zinovy Vilensky Zinovy or Zalman Moiseyevich Vilensky 1899 1984 Soviet sculptor worked and lived in Moscow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovy_Vilensky
David Kaushansky David Moiseevich Kaushansky 1893 1950 Soviet lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kaushansky
Tankho Israilov Tankho Selimovich Izrailov 1917 1981 Soviet Dagestan ballet dancer, a ballet master, a choreographer, and of Mountain Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankho_Israilov
Khaim Eidus Khaim Tevelevich Eidus 1896 1972 Soviet politician, orientalist, and Japanologist known for many influential publication on the history and economy of Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaim_Eidus
Joseph Pavlishak Joseph Andreyevich Pavlishak 1923 1995 Soviet painter and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pavlishak
Boris Levin-Kogan Boris Yakovlevich Levin-Kogan 1918 1998 Soviet association football striker and later midfielder, who played predominantly for Zenit Leningrad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Levin-Kogan
Emmanuil Yevzerikhin Emmanuil Noevich Yevzerikhin 1984 n/a Soviet photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuil_Yevzerikhin
Aleksandr Finn-Enotaevsky Aleksandr Yule'vich Finn-Enotaevsky 1872 1943 Soviet economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Finn-Enotaevsky
Yuri Petrovich Figatner Yuri Petrovich Figatner 1889 1937 Soviet party functionary who investigated the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1929 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Petrovich_Figatner
Mikhail Levit Mikhail Levit 1944 n/a Soviet photographer and pictorialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Levit
Ilya Shifman Ilya Sholeimovich Shifman 1930 1990 Soviet historian, Orientalist and Classics scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Shifman